Our town has a landfill
It's just like every other landfill on earth It has all kinds of things Piled miles high with treasures gone past their worth A Great Wall surrounds the pile And a gatekeeper holds the key And if you get on the other side There is a large tax and a fee And everyone is willing to pay the fee To climb the pile is their responsibility That's what they learned as boys and girls Get to the top and prop your flag unfurled They heard: "It was something your daddy tried and failed to do Now leaving a mark is up to you" My walk to my work each day Brings me past the wall And rising high above the horizon I see another climber fall The climb is littered with bones of those who wasted away But they must carry on Those lives were given to heighten the pile So that greater power could be won How many more? How much longer? Will the stronger Please clean up the pile How many more? How much longer? How much longer To the top of the pile The landfill is littered with the dead But the climbers pay no heed They simply hold fast in their stead Not noticing their souls bleed For they care not the cost of their climb To never again see the outside They are the victims of a victimless crime Forever stained with their own pride At the top there is a stench they say The glorious stench of victory The prize of their long and hard essay Is rule over the humanity At the top there is only room for one Only room for one among the dead to live "Better to rule in hell than serve in heaven" But the air does misgive How many more? How much longer? Will the stronger Please clean up the pile From all afar sage prophets come Is this the mount He preached from? How many more? How much longer? How much longer To the top of the pile Copyright (c) 2003-2016 Joshua Ransom Packard
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September 2016
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